Kenji Uchino | |
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| Born | 内野研二 April 3, 1950 Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | American |
| Awards | Adaptive Structures Prize, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2005) UFFC Ferroelectrics Recognition Award, IEEE (2013) International Ceramic Award, Global Academy of Ceramics (2016) Distinguished Lecturer, The IEEE UFFC Society (2018) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.Sc., Physics M.S., Physical Electronics Ph.D., Physical Electronics MBA, Business Administration |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Institute of Technology Saint Francis University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Pennsylvania State University |
Kenji Uchino is an American electronics engineer, physicist, academic, inventor and industry executive. He is currently a professor of Electrical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, where he also directs the International Center for Actuators and Transducers at Materials Research Institute.[1] He is the former associate director (US Navy Ambassador to Japan) at The US Office of Naval Research – Global Tokyo Office.[2]
Uchino has conducted extensive research on solid state physics, focusing especially on ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics.[3] He is one of the pioneers in piezoelectric actuators and electro-optic displays and is the inventor of topics including lead magnesium niobate (PMN)-based electrostricive materials, cofired multilayer piezoelectric actuators, superior electromechanical coupling relaxor-PbTiO_3 single crystals, magnetoelectric laminated composite sensors, shape memory ceramics, and micro ultrasonic motors.[4] Uchino's work has resulted in over 584 research papers, over 78 books and 33 patents in the ceramic actuator area.[5]
Uchino is a Fellow of IEEE[6] and American Ceramic Society and a senior member of National Academy of Inventors.[7] He chaired the Smart Actuators/Sensors Study Committee in Japan from 1987 till 2014. Uchino is the Editor in Chief of Insight-Material Science and the Associate Editor in Chief of Actuators.[8]
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